To Love
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Synopsis
Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.
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Sergei Gurzo Ml.
Seryozha
Lev Kruglyy
muscovite guy
Antonina Leftiy
Nutsa
Svetlana Svetlichnaya
northerner girl
Alisa Freyndlikh
Anya, tram conductor
Ion-Gheorghe Şviţchi
Mircea
Aleksey Eybozhenko
guy at party
Marianna Vertinskaya
girl at party
Igor Kvasha
guy at party
Yekaterina Vasilyeva
girl at party
Andrey Mironov
guy at party
Anastasia Voznesenskaya
girl with a globe
Valentin Nikulin
lonely guest
Natalya Chetverikova
Vera, Seryozha's girlfriend
Lyudmila Vagner
'Blizzard'
Mihail Badiceanu
Moraru, Mircea's father
Yelizaveta Nikishchikhina
janitor
Boris Gusev
taxi driver
Key Information & Fast Facts
- Director
- Mikhail Kalik, Inna Tumanyan
- Screenplay & Story
- Isai Kuznetsov, Vladimir Sapozhnikov, Ion Druta, Avenir Zak, Yury Kazakov, Mikhail Kalik, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, A. Konunov
- Original Score
- Mikael Tariverdiev
- Original Title
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- Country of Origin
- Soviet Union
- Spoken Languages
- Russian
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Production Studios
- Gorky Film Studios, Moldova-Film
Creative Leadership & Key Crew
Mikhail Kalik, Inna Tumanyan
Isai Kuznetsov, Vladimir Sapozhnikov, Ion Druta, Avenir Zak, Yury Kazakov, Mikhail Kalik, Yevgeny Yevtushenko, A. Konunov
Mikael Tariverdiev
Dmitri Motornyy
Zhanna Dubchak, N. Kuptsov?
M. Shcherbak
Department Leadership Roster
Mikhail Kalik
Director
Inna Tumanyan
Director
Mikhail Kalik
Writer
Dmitri Motornyy
Director of Photography
Mikael Tariverdiev
Original Music Composer
Stanislav Bulgakov
Production Design
Aurelia Roman
Production Design
Zhanna Dubchak
Editor
N. Kuptsov?
Editor
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What is To Love about?
Four love stories connected by newsreels of the late 60s. Each short story begins with an epigraph taken from the Song of Songs of the Old Testament. The stories are interconnected by documentary shots and numerous interviews taken on the streets from passers-by who are asked the same question: “what does it mean to love?”.
Who directed To Love?
To Love was directed by Mikhail Kalik, Inna Tumanyan.
Who stars in To Love?
The principal cast of To Love includes Sergei Gurzo Ml., Lev Kruglyy, Antonina Leftiy, Svetlana Svetlichnaya, Alisa Freyndlikh.
When was To Love released and how long is it?
To Love was released in 1968 with a total runtime of 1h 13m.
Who composed the musical score for To Love?
The original motion picture soundtrack for To Love was composed by Mikael Tariverdiev.